Friendship

Join the conversation between two therapists as they discuss the longing for friendship in the therapy room. Read more

Watch this interview with Mark Greene about why male friendships seem so difficult for men to get and how therapists can help. Read more

This issue aims to explore what we can do about loneliness in our therapy offices—not just for kids and young adults, but for people at any stage of life Read more

There are no formalized rituals, rules, or obligations to ground or support a friendship. Should therapists change that? Read more

How far is friendship from the special type of closeness we call the therapeutic relationship? Read more

Grown men don’t say things like “I’ve got nobody to play with.” Or do they? A journalist explores what therapists are seeing across the country: the... Read more

Navigating the potential discomfort of opening ourselves up to others is a skill we all have to learn through trial and error. Read more

By asking the right questions in therapy, we can help make the road to adulthood less lonely for high school and college-age kids. Read more

A nightmare camping trip exposes the limits—and possibilities—of male bonding. Read more

Our heads may tell us that we need to embrace inevitable changes as we grow older, but our hearts often tell a different story. Read more

Not all families are related by blood. Read more

What do issues of fairness and relational justice have to do with psychotherapy? Read more

We're pairing up later, splitting up faster, remarrying less often and increasingly deciding to avoid the whole quagmire by staying permanently single. In... Read more

What does account for a goodly chunk of the positive change that clients experience from therapy, the outcome research shows, is the time-honored therapeutic... Read more